Nader cost himself federal funds (Re: election demographics

Nathan Newman nathan at newman.org
Thu Nov 9 20:10:00 PST 2000


----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Bauer/Dennis Perrin" <bauerperrin at mindspring.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>

Nathan Newman wrote:
>Nader cost himself federal funds by alienating voters in safe states.

-You still believe that left/progressive (or whatever you wish to call them) -votes belong to Gore, and by extension the Dems, and any deviation from this -is cause for calumny and hissing.

Who said "own". What silly rhetoric, but then rhetoric is the left's substitute for strategy. And it's bad strategy to piss on voters you want to have vote for your candidate. I stated the fact that Nader's strategy of campaigning in swing states failed to gain substantial votes in those states, while alienating voters in safe states. It was bad strategy. It has nothing to do with anyone "owning" anyone.

-- Nathan Newman



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